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(Business Insider) — There are currently two camps on the internet. The first camp—those who are slurping up as much Charlie Sheen tiger blood as possible (hence Sheen’s newly bagged Guinness Book of World Records status for most Twitter followers)— drastically prevails.

The second camp—those who would rather not hear poor Charlie’s ravings—is, however, much smaller.

LOS ANGELES, March 8 (Reuters Life!) – If you think Charlie Sheen has been “winning” media attention these past few weeks, you’d be right.

The now former “Two and A Half Men” star has topped all Internet and social media discussions since the beginning of 2011, beating out buzz and controversy surrounding the iPad, singer Lady Gaga and U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the Global Language Monitor.

“Charlie Sheen…is everywhere. The growing pervasiveness of social media only enhances this global echo chamber,” said Paul JJ Payack, president and chief word analyst for the Global Language Monitor.

Payack used an algorithm to analyze the top 20 persons (or things) of interest on blogs, Internet-only news sites and social media sites like Twitter and YouTube between Jan. 1 and March 8, 2011. Sheen was first, followed by Apple’s iPad, Lady Gaga, Obama and Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin.

But the wayward TV star ranked just 18th among the top 75,000 traditional print and electronic media sites covered in the survey.

Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were the top three persons of interest on the traditional media list, “which shows what happens when you have an editorial process that helps discern which news is most significant for the reader,” Payack said.

Still, after weeks of bizarre behavior, insults to producers of his old show and boasts about having “Adonis DNA” and “tiger blood,” pop culture and social media users just can’t seem to get enough of the 45 year-old actor.

And on Tuesday, a comic book was added to an eclectic list of products marking Sheen’s public meltdown. Publisher Bluewater Productions said the actor’s “life, career and recent shocking behavior” would be the subject of a 32-page biography comic book for release this summer.

Meanwhile, as broadcaster CBS and “Two And A Half Men” makers Warner Bros. TV pondered whether to continue production next season without Sheen, sportsbook website JustBet.com posted odds on what would might happen next in the saga.

Most bets are on Sheen getting arrested for driving under the influence (56 percent) or cocaine possession (33 percent).

Sheen has insisted that he is clean and sober, and that the only drug he is on is “called Charlie Sheen.” — Reuters

As you all know by now, Charlie Sheen has been officially fired; which means: he’s officially unemployed. You think so?? Well, think again.. Charlie Sheen is now hiring. Yes, there is no typing mistake here: CHARLIE SHEEN IS HIRING.

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(Reuters) — Charlie Sheen’s attorney wasted no time going on the offensive after his client was fired from “Two and a Half Men” by Warner Bros. on Monday.

“We will sue,” Marty Singer told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s a matter of when. It could be this week, it could be in a little while. We’re in no rush. But we will sue.”

Singer has exchanged a series of increasingly rancorous letters with Warner Bros. since production on the hit CBS series was shut down in February. The litigator said he was not surprised Warners moved to terminate Sheen’s employment, but he maintained the studio was in breach of its agreement with Sheen despite the actor’s erratic behavior and incendiary comments directed at “Men” co-creator Chuck Lorre.

“They have no basis to suspend or terminate Charlie Sheen,” he said.

Warners, in a letter from attorney John Spiegel to the Sheen camp, claimed Sheen “has been engaged in dangerously self-destructive conduct and appears to be very ill,” and was fired for disrupting the show and violating a clause in his contract by committing “a felony offense involving moral turpitude.”

But Singer said Warners, which made Sheen the highest-paid sitcom star in television despite his repeated and public brushes with the law, has opened itself up to a massive lawsuit.

“Their position is absolutely ridiculous,” Singer said. “Warner Bros. had no objection to my client pleading guilty to a felony while they were actively negotiating his new deal — they did his deal before his plea bargain!”

Singer revealed that Warners’ letter terminating Sheen’s services was sent in response to a blistering letter he had written to WBTV on March 2 outlining his client’s case against the studio. That letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, claimed the following:

“From January 2010, even after my client was arrested and then charged with a felony and misdemeanor charges, Warner Bros. did not suspend my client. Instead it wanted my client to agree to commit to do additional seasons of (Men). Warner Bros. confirmed that it would continue to employ Mr. Sheen even if he pleaded guilty to a felony as long as he did not serve jail time that would interfere with the production schedule.”

Singer said the real reason Sheen was fired was because he offended Lorre, the studio’s top showrunner. Lorre would also be a defendant in a lawsuit.

Charlie Sheen, Colonel Gaddafi and pint-sized Hosni Mubarak are to star in a new sitcom following the comedic antics of a middle-aged trio who spend their days completely divorced from reality.
The new sitcom will be made by HBO and will show our three protagonists doing whatever the hell they like whenever they feel like it, completely devoid of all responsibility or consequence.
A channel spokesperson said, “Television audiences around the world have been left chuckling at their respective solo shows in the last few weeks, so we’re sure the three of them together will be comedy dynamite.”
“The pilot will see Charlie Sheen having sex with a prostitute in a police station waiting room, whilst Gaddafi shoots passers by because he’s bored – all of this with the backdrop of Mubarak insisting he is now the Governor of California.”
“We see it as the West Wing meets Clockwork orange, all filmed on the set of Joey.”Two and a half lunatics
A 24 episode run has been commissioned with filming now underway, and producers have admitted there have already been some onset high-jinks among the shows stars.
A show insider told us, “Charlie kept going on about being the winningest and having Tigerblood, so Gaddafi imported a couple of tigers and put them in his trailer.”
“Oh how we laughed, until he came out roaring and covered in their blood, with a face covered in what looked like Talcum powder.”
“Hosni seems to think he’s the director, giving everyone orders all the time, but we’re all just ignoring him now.”
“To be honest, I don’t know why we bother with a script, we should turn this into a docu-soap and just follow them around. It knocks the tits off Jersey Shore.”

So, how exactly did Sheen get the @CharlieSheen account and verify his account in a matter of hours? Forbes reports it’s all thanks to ad agency Ad.ly, a Hollywood company that focuses on celebrity Twitter endorsements. Sheen’s friend reached out to the company and told them the actor wanted to communicate directly with his fans. The company set up the account, called Sheen and explained the basics of Twitter to him. Sheen told TMZ the reason that he joined the social media site was to make cash from endorsed tweets, and with celebrities like Kim Kardashian making a reported $10,000 per posting, the fact that Sheen has so many followers makes him appealing to advertisers. Interestingly, Ad.ly did not charge Sheen for setting up his account – but we bet they’re being compensated for helping him get sponsors.

The money-making power of Sheen’s tweets is already apparent. Ray Broguiere, the owner of the company of that makes the milk Sheen was holding in his first TwitPic, told TMZ he’s been inundated with calls to his farm since the tweet. He didn’t pay for the mention and says he is extremely grateful for the publicity – and has even offered to give Sheen free milk if he stops by the farm.

Maybe this was Sheen’s plan all along: turn his life into a train wreck, get the whole world to watch and then reap money from advertisers who want to cash in on the attention. If that’s so, he’s outsmarted us. It must be something in the tiger’s blood.